Articles focusing on politics

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler May Tighten Media Ownership Rules

Expect strong opposition from TV broadcasters and newspapers By Katy Bachman Article Reprint The FCC could be close to a long overdue review of media ownership rules come March, and there’s bad news for media

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Colo. Marijuana Businesses Embrace New Drug at Center of DEA Crackdown in Calif.

ABC Entertainment News|ABC Business News   By CHRIS R. MURPHY and GEOFF MARTZ Article Reprint While Drug Enforcement Administration agents in California are cracking down on the popular new drug known as “wax,” people in

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California ‘lifers’ leaving prison at record pace

By PAUL ELIAS Article Reprint SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 1,400 lifers in California’s prisons have been released over the past three years in a sharp turnaround in a state where murderers and others sentenced

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Harvard Lawyer Steps Up for Buju Banton

By Kyle Swenson Article Reprint Back in 2009, a series of boneheaded decisions landed Mark Anthony Myrie — known in patchouli-soaked dorm rooms and Caribbean dance halls as reggae star Buju Banton — in federal

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They really are concrete jungles! Why you’ll never think about cities the same way again

While urban development might seem like a blight on the environment, the truth is actually much more complicated Henry Grabar Article Reprint Last summer, bird-watchers confirmed the discovery of a new species of bird in Cambodia: Orthotomus chaktomuk,

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McDomination: How corporations conquered America and ruined our health

The corporate class has accumulated a staggering level of power in Washington — and we’ve all paid the price. By: Nicholas Freudenberg Article Reprint On August 23, 1971, Lewis Powell sent a confidential memo to

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Malcolm X Was Killed Today. Watch Orlando Bagwell’s 2 1/2-Hour Doc ‘Malcolm X: Make It Plain’ Now

by Tambay A. Obenson Article Reprint A birth and a death… yesterday in history, Sidney Poitier was born; Today in history… February 21st, 1965, Malcolm Little/Malcolm X/El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was killed in New York City. He

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Massachusetts Joins New Jersey in Demanding Police Warrants for Cell Phone Tracking

By: Noel Brinkerhoff Article Reprint Police in two northeast states will now have to obtain a warrant before tracking a suspect’s cellphone location to monitor their movements.

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